isomers

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1. In chemistry, molecules that contain exactly the same numbers of the same kinds of atoms, but in which the atoms have different structural arrangements.

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Example Sentences

The new workflow can also identify isomers, which are molecules with the same chemical formula but different atomic arrangements.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

"The different chemical forms are known as isomers, and this is the first time that reactions between them have been used to develop piezoresistors," Dr Fallon said.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023

Coordination complexes with two different ligands in the cis and trans positions from a ligand of interest form isomers.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Constitutional isomers have the same molecular formula but different spatial arrangements of the atoms in their molecules.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Martian plants produced different isomers from those on Earth.

From Badge of Infamy by Del Rey, Lester